[Chapter-delegates] Chapter financing - step 2

[Jordi Iparraguirre]

Dear all,

thanks a lot for speaking up and sharing your ideas.
It seems there are some chapters in the same situation.

In order to move forward I'd propose (but do feel free to comment and 
improve, it's just a quick and dirty move ahead so we all visualize it 
better):


1- Let's use a shared spreadsheet

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0AnRJRsFhZnz-dEZMd3lkbm9xLWc0WjR3eS1sdTRBakE&usp=sharing

to write down the actions we'd like to delegate so we can focus on 
mission. Seeing each other's needs and ideas may help us to nail it down.

In the spreadsheet
- add a column for your chapter
- add actions as rows if needed
- write *estimated* hours/month needed on that task for your chapter 
(intersection cell between your chapter and a given action)

In the bottom orange area of the spreadsheet:
- add gross (ie. taxes included) *estimated* cost/hour in local currency
- add approximated conversion factor to USD

Figures do not need to be perfect right now, rough estimates will help 
us to size the quantity and efforts we are talking about. It's just a 
back of the envelope calculation, we'll refine it later on.


2 Let's give us 2 weeks to fulfill it and consider the spreadsheet 
completed, closing on May 5th.


3- Then we'll have:
a) a list of typical tasks chapters have to do but would be much more 
efficient if being done by someone else as paid professional
b) an estimated total cost for ISOC


4- Work with staff to write a formal proposal to Board that could be 
included in ISOC's 2014 budget (when is the deadline?).
Get proposal ready by June 30th so we can discuss it in a face to face 
meeting in ICANN's Durban meeting


5- Assuming the/a model is accepted by HQ:

- Money goes from HQ to chapter, never to individuals.
- It's a chapter issue to find the person and to legally pay and set the 
work relation.
- That person has to learn, understand and follow ISOC values processes, 
etc (ie. training needed)
- Payment to chapter is done if and only if chapter is able to meet or 
exceed pre-defined agreed metrics and reports them to HQ. (Partial 
payment if goals aren't met at 100% but are above a minimum?)
- Not all chapters will sign for the same actions to be done and measured.
- This plan should not be an obstacle for chapters to look for other 
revenue streams, but a way to break the deadlock and be able to charge a 
membership fee, look for partners, corporate sponsors, etc. ASAP
- We could have it running for one year (2014) and then evaluate results


This is just a quick brain dump, sure it needs to be improved and 
modified, may be totally. There were many good ideas in several previous 
emails on that topic, but I cannot recover them all right now, do feel 
free to bring them back.

Let's keep the ball rolling.

cheers,
jordi

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